This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1951
Page
3
A garbled OCR passage lists numerous personal names, places, and fragments of phrases. It reads as an unreadable jumble with occasional capitalized proper nouns such as Ips, Tarami, Wake, and Boureston, but no coherent event or clear report emerges.
A Brasilian official discusses United Nations efforts toward collective security. The article outlines the origin of the International Security framework, the General Assembly role, and calls for unified action to preserve peace and deter aggression through coordinated measures and international solidarity.
Market notes from Cairns show varied demand with limited supplies and several price quotes. Traders report mixed activity across stations as shoppers eye peaches beans and pineapples while some items sell at strong levels and others linger.
The Argyosy era expedition centers on Allan Hearick editor aboard ship with a crew including photographer Jarold McNaulty and first mate Rachthan. They form a profit sharing crew for a two mast schooner Gisborne with diesel for emergencies to explore distant jungles, seas, and archives, aiming to produce travelogues, articles, and films.
Mossman residents and guests gathered at a Mossman residence in the Rocky Point area to celebrate a birthday. Community singing filled most of the evening followed by a dance in the hall hosted by the Abseman branch of the CWA. Guests included local residents and travelers from Mareeba and Cairns, with toasts to the guest of honor and several congratulatory messages.
A Caen recital by Australian music and verse drew a crowded City Council Chambers audience on Wednesday evening. Performers including Dennis Sepimenias Blake, June Clausan, Frank Hutchens, Judy Trost, and the Salon Orchestra showcased a program of Australian songs and orchestral pieces. The event received warm applause and the performers were popular with the listeners.
QE of the biggest printing jobs in the world isProducing London's four-volume telephone directory, which now weighs more than 12 lbs. and carries about 876,000 sales and 3,735 pages. More than 6,000 tons of paper are used in each complete iseue. Britain's first "phone book" containing 363 subscribers names in London and the rest of the country appeared 71 years ago. Thirty years later the directory had thickens to pages and by 1801 it had to be printed In two sections. It ran to four volumes four years ago and even blind people now have their own edition, produced by the National Association for the Blind in Britain 1¢ im, of course, a permanent, major operation for His Majesty's Stationery Office to keep this massive catalogue of names and addresses up to date and issue a new edition of each volume once a year. Before the last batches of one volume have left the printing works ,compositors and proof readers are busy on alterations and revisions to the next. Rotary presses turn out the directory in 4-page sections at the rate of 16,000 sections an hour. Changes, additions and numbers no longer in use are recorded in regional managers' offices and then forwarded for collation in the General Post Office's London headquarter at Waterloo Bridge House. The Stationery Office takes over the printing and production after the editorial matter has been sorted out there and prepared for typesetting Those who lie to imaging pictures suggested by statistics can work out how big library would be needed to accommodate a single toras of this beat-celler it runs to 4.535,000 separate volumes With total of 4.235,274 400 pages and is read by a million and a quarter subscribers and Kiosk users.
Readable text lists films and performers at Tropical and Palace Theatres including Jungle and adventure titles with actors such as George Montgomery and Diana Aart. Mentions Rex Theatre and other showings with a mix of dates, acts, and program notes across multiple venues.
Fragmented OCR text describes holiday gatherings and visitors at Moseman manor over the weekend. Mentions Mr Young, Mrs Archie Young, Mr and Mrs G Jeaurin, Mr and Mrs W E Mulavey, and other couples attending, with informal notes on rescheduled visits and social arrivals. Some lines refer to weather and a foggy or overcast day.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.